Which tools to use? It depends on the job!

student conversations
- Ms. Arvig's Stupendous Students
teacher communication
- Birchview Book Blog
- Wilkens' Wiz Kids
pre-scheduled posts - posts can be scheduled to go live ahead of time which is great if you know you're going to be busy or away from the internet
Geography studies - these two teachers created ficitonal characters who blogged about their travels around the world and asked the students to map the places they were writing from. The students posted comments / answers as a class.
- Holly the Elf
- Learning Around the World
WordPress
Blogger

easy to edit web page
- Birchview Media Wiki
add web links on the fly
post a newsletter with links
collaborative tool
- 5th grade research pathfinder
Upload files for students - plans for subs
Link to other wikis in the district
Revision history - or "Oops, I updated that link and now I lost the link to the quiz that used to be there..."

cross-platform access
home & school access
collaborative
word processing, spreadsheets, presentations,
Google Sites for web pages
- Birchview Drama Club
Other Cool Google Things
- show options - Wonder Wheel and Timeline
- search help at bottom to learn all the tricks

searchable video
KeepVid & other sites lets you use videos when access is blocked & to view without ads

Tech Tools for Teachers